Ondo Mega School workers protest non-payment of 13 months salarie

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Ondo Mega School workers protest non-payment of 13 months salarie

Learning and other educational activities were on Monday morning disrupted at the St Francis Caring Heart Mega School, Owaluwa in Owo local government area of Ondo State following a peaceful protest staged by non-teaching staff of the school over non-payment of their 13 months salaries.
The aggrieved workers, as early as 7.30am stormed the school, locked the gate and prevented the teachers and pupils from entering the school.

The protesting workers, numbering 15, were seen with placards bearing different inscriptions such as “Gov Mimiko pay our money, ‘ We are starving,’ We have children too” and several others.

Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Mr Abu Ayodeji, said they have been pressing for the payment of their salaries since the beginning of this year but all efforts went unfruitful.

Ayodeji said they would continue the protest until the government finds solution to the problem.

The Commissioner of Education in Ondo State, Mr Adejuyigbe was not available for comments as all his mobile phones were switched off as at the time of filing this report.

But the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) staff, who preferred anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the issue said though the workers are not directly in the pay roll of the government, effort was on top gear to pay the contractor for inward settlement of his workers.

normalcy, however, returned to the school following the intervention of some eminent persons in the town and the police.